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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-20
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Cord Wood-Osk, s4.25; Hickory, s..
Straw $500: baled 81. 90.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-20
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01

pressed Dunkard's horse, gave the man
two broken down animals as some sort of a
compensation. The next day the Bunkard
carried one Of the horses a long distance to
the generals headquarters. He said that lie
had examined the confederate horses and
had satisfied himself that with a little rest
they would be as valuable as the animal
that he had parted with Feeling that it
was not right to swap one horse for two I'M
der such circumstances he had decided to
return one. The surprised general begged
the old Dunkard to alter his determination
but could not prevail upon him to accept
the advantage growing out of the exchange.
Texas is to be congratulated upon secur-
ing colony composed of such good people,
and it is perhaps just as well that they
should live by themselves, fenced off from
the rest of the world. If they mingled much
with mankind they would doubtless be
robbed or cheated out of everything they
possess.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01

The refusal of the federal supreme court
TO advance certain prohibition cases from
Georgia and Kansas on the docket is under
stood by some. to indicate the purpose Of the
court to render decisions favorable TO the
liquor men in the Iowa and Kansas cases
which were mp a week or SO ago.
Prohibtionists regard the present status
Of the matter rather gloomily. It is rumor-
cd that the court has already decided two
cases from Iowa, but has rendered no de-
csion. As the eight judges were evenly
divided, they affirmed the judgment of the
court below to the effect that it was uncon-
sttutional to deprive brewers and distillers
of the right to use or sell their property
without allowing them any compensation,
provided such brcweries and distilleries were
owned by the parties injured before the pass
age of the prohibitory law. The Kansas
case was very ably presented ON both sides,
and it is thought that half of the supreme
judges will go even farther than Judge
Brewer of Iowa did when he decided the
prohibition law to be against the fourteenth
amendment.
All this guess-work concerning the atti-
tude Of the supreme court is too unsubstan-
tial TO alarm the one side or to inspire the
other with confidence. The decision viii
have to be made public before the situation
can be inteligently discussed.
One thing, however, may be said in adj
vance. If at this late day the supreme court
shall decide that prohibitory laws, when they
deprive citizens of their property and bust
ness, are unconstitutional, the prohibition
lists viii form a strong national party to Sc
cure prohlbtory amendment to the consti-
tuition. 1t viii be seen, therefore, that the
action Of the court may have the effect of
making prohibition one of the livest of ma
tional paltv questions
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01

Bunch, who is now second in command,
uuaer Bushyhead. The Downjngs sup
ported white man named Mays, and the
first count showed majority OF lao votes
for the latter. the candidate OF the ''outs.'
The administrations organ charged fraud
and demanded a new count, whereupon the
Downings charged that tools of the authori-
ties had stolen enough ballot boxes to thfow
out Mays and elect Bunch. The last issue
of the Telephone charged Baudinot, the
editor of the Advocate, with being at the
bottom of the scheme and also with having
mismanaged campaign funds entrusted to
him. Like a true western editor Baudinot,
without bandying words, buckled ON his
armor, on hearing of the charges of the enc
my, and going to the sanctum of Stone, the
editor of the Telephone, proceeded immedi-
ately todispatch him to the happy hunting
ground with a bullet through his neck.
The whole nation is in state of excite
nt,and it is feared that the council, which
has been summoned to meet, cannot settle
the trouble. The Downings swear venge-
ance for Stones death, and the pale face of
the moon, as it rides the horizon of that
section, is besmattered and dripping with
,eora
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
One way to Save the Forests.

The Mexican state of Yucatan has taken
a very decided step in the matter of preserv-
ing her forests. The governor has issued a
proclamation forbidding the expectation of
timber, and prohibiting the cutting of rail-
way ties to be used in other states.
Yucatan is passing through the series of
disasters common to all deforested coun-
tries, and this extreme measure shows the
serious nature of the situation. We are be-
ginning to wrestle with the forestry problem
in this country, but Mexican methods are
out of the question here. The best that we
can do is to encourage tree planting, and
guard against the wasteful destruction of
our timber.
The Yucatan incident is only valuable to
us in so far as it shows the desperate ex-
tremity of a country that has thoughtlessly
stripped itself of one of the best and richest
gifts of nature
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01

is lost art in Georgia. There are occasion
al farmers who make superb article, com
pact golden, and Of excellent flavor; but for
the most part Georgia butter is a sorry arti-
Gle.
Such butter barely commands fifteen to
twenty cents. Butter properly made
from the same milk would command forty to
fifty cents. Mr.. Gates states that butter
similar to that made in Pamela dairy would
find exhaustless market in New York at
seyenty-dye cents to one dollar pound.
Five thousand pounds day Of such butter
could be sold in Atlanta at forty to fifty
cents pound. Indeed the market for first
class butter is not to be limited in the
southern states.
We are glad to learn that many Georgians
bought the equipment of the Pamela dairy,
and will start butter making at once on the
improved plan. Every man who does this
win create his own market, and will stand
as an example to be followed by his neigh
bors. With our long pasturage seasons, our
short and mild winters, our nutritious
grasses and cheap lands, there is every rea-
son why the south should become the great
butter making section Of this country, and
not a single reason why it should hold its
present position Of dependence on the north
for the bulk OF its butter.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
Greene County ON the Right Line.

Greene county had n colt show in Greencs-
boro last Saturday, and the Herald and Jour
nal in its last issue, which 10y the way, is as
good an issue of weekly paper as we ever
read tells us about it,
Captain John Hart, of Union Point sent up
a drove of thirty mule colts as fine rs ever
came from the bluegrass region. Captain Hart
claims that it cost him practically nothing to
raise them. They gra2ed on the canebrake
and bermuda grass, and were fed occasionally
ON forage cane and peavines. They represent
to him almost a clear profit. There were colts
and colts, stout and fine. 1t is notable that
Wash Stocks, colored, took the premium for
the best two-year-old mare. The Herald says
that Greene spends $4,000 every year for
horses. This enormous amount is annually
drained out of the county. 1t represents five
dollars head for every man, woman and child
in Greene and would pay thirty dollars year
for schooling every child in the county. 1t is
more than the county and state tax and repre-
sents nearly two thousand bales of cotton.
Every dollar of this could be saved to the coun-
ty by raising horse and mule colts in the cane
brakes and bermuda grass lands Tor which
Greene is famous.
The colt show in Greene was a success. The
next one will be very much better, and if the
Herald's advice is taken the colt show will
develop into firSt-olaSs county fair. Greene S
example is we'll worth following.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
IRVING to Roach the South Pole.

Our recent explorers have made heroic en-
deayors to reach the north pole, but they
have let the south pole alone. This was due
to the fact that the worlds commerce de-
manded a northwest passage, but the rest
less spirit of scientific inquiry has claims of
its own to be satisfied, and the question of
Antarctic research is now beginning to come
prominently to the front.
A society in Australia now offers to con-
tribute S25, 600 to bear the expenses of an
expedition to the south pole if the British
government will donate like sum. 1t is
thought that the proposition will be accept
ed, and probably some time next year two
well equipped vessels will sail on their voy-
age of discovery. The open seas beyond
the ice wall guarding the southern polar
circle make it comparatively easy for vessels
propelled by steam to push their way into
this unknown region.
Possibly the results of the exploration
will add but little to orr stock of useful
knowledge. 1t viii be something, however,
to reach one of the poles, and the achieve
ment may induce mankind to let the other
pole stay ont in the cold. One is about as
much as we can expect to conveniently han
die
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01

be observed by the statement Of this rancor-
Gus apostle Of the bloody shirt, he proposes
''to be at the blasting if any such work is
to be done. The very idea thus suggested
was enough to have elected ''applause,"
just as the defense of a vultuue from the
attack Of an eagle would excite admiration.
1t viii be an interesting spectacle when
Gordon and Foraker meet, but unless We
are much mistaken the interest will be in
the whitening and eloquent Genunciation of
the distinguished Georgian of the man, and
his methods, who would tear open the
wounds of war, and feeding upon section
alsm and animosity long since buried by
north and south, seeks to maintain his
loosening grasp on office by unmanly, I'M
generous and undigniied abuse of the south
His denial that he has never made an as
sault on the south amounts to nothing. His
whole campaign has been one of abuse and
vituperation, and but for the fact that he
may be of some assistance in Kidding the
people OF Ohio of this political vulture,
Georgia's governor would not join issue
with him in his denunciation of the south.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01

The misguided men who are clamoring
for the destruction of social order claim that
the country has passed into the hands OF
the plutocrats, and that the poor no longer
have a fighting chance
SO often has this complaint been repeated
that some thoughtless persons have been cd
ucated up to the point where they are ready
TO believe the worst that can be said against
the more fortunate members OF society.
If we have any plutocrats among us they
are very harmless. A contemporary repeat
ing point that has been made more than
once in these columns reminds its readers
that our plutocrats or their fathers, started
rs hornyhanded to.lcrs and accumulated
their wealth by hard work and bralay enter
prise. 1t is a rare thine TO find in this
country. a rich man whose ancestors have
been wealthy for three or four generations.
The alleged plutocrat of today was perhaps
apauper yesterday, and if he is not pauper
tomorrow, the chances are that his children
or grandchildren viii have TO hoe their own
row
We have no system of entail. no law of
primogenturc 10 hand down vast estates in
q direct line, keeping them from generation
10 generation in the possession of a single
person. This is the death blow to plutoc-
racy.
The concentration Of immense wealth in
The hands of one man is not disastrous to
the country in the long run our great
fortunes are all the time undergoing a rapid
redistribution. The intense strain under
gone by oar millionaires results in softenins
the brain, and in idle and disssipated off.
spring whose sole business in life is the
scattering OF the boards heaped up by their
ancestors. Then, every few years or so. A
panic comes along, and the too ycnturesome
employer takes a tumble, while his thrifty
cool-headed hireling leaps upward To ill his
place.
One does not have to 80 very far back in
our history 70 see how these changes hayo
worked in this country. Any middlc-aged
man can think Cf numerous instances in his
little sphere where purple and fine linen
have been evolved from rags, and where
they have gone back to rags again.
If the anarchists and their dunes had
common sense and patience, they would I'M
dersiand these things, and so TO work with
the determination to be plutocrats them
selves. ANY sensible, sober and industrious
man can be plutocrat enough to own his
home and maintain his family in comfort,
aud these arc the best things that the bic
gcst plutoerot ON earth manages TO get on,
OF this life
The anarchists, the socialists. the kickers
the GROWERS and The croakers viii do well
TO think OF these thing. When they under
stand The situation thcy Will be better sal.
Lshed.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01

1t is said that Robert Louis Stevenson,
whose genius has endeared him to all who
love good literature, is a victim of cigarette
smoking During an hours conversation
with friend in New York recently he con-
sumed package of cigarettes, literally fill
ing his Lungs with the smoke and keeping
them filled.
His physicians say that his ill-health has
no other basis than this vile habit, and his
family and his friends have implored him to
give it up; but he continues to smoke, and
it will be only a short time before the most
powerful mind of this generation so far as
the production of fctiye literature is con
cerned, win succumb to the active cigarette.
Mr.. Stevenson is said to be in a terrible
condition physically, though his mental fac
ulties are as bright as ever. Cigarette
smoking means the inhalation OF smoke
laden with nicotine ana the fumes of chem
ically prepared paper, This inhalation has
been very swift in its work in MI Steven
sons case. Ire has lost one lung, and the
Other is fast going, and his entire system is
Frustrated.
II is a pity that the most brilliant and fas-
cinatng prose writer of our day should be
the victim Of SO silly habit
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
A TiGer Mt BAY.


In all the annals of modern warfare there
will not be found an instance to match the
almost tiger-like prowess- of .Beriben, the
Cuban filibuster.
Beriben, with a small force of insurgents,
found himself surrounded in the mountains
by body of Spanish soldiers outnumbering
the Cubans eight to one. Seeing that he
had to cut his way out, the tilibuster chief
led desperate charge. A pitiless storm of
bullets met the gallant little band, and Ber-
iben received wound which ripped his
stomach open and disembowled him upon
his saddle horn. Feeling that death must
ensue in few moments, the ferocious SOL
der resolved to sell his life dearly, and rally
ing his followers, he charged down upon his
foes. The dying commander with one SUI
preme effort raised his right arm and sent
his sword crashing through the skull of a
Spanish officer from crown to chin. The
next moment he fell dead under an enemy
saber.
Inspired by the superhuman daring of
their leader the insurgents fought like de-
mons, and succeeded in making their escape.
If the men who are fighting for Cuba are
all made of such stuff, it goes without say
ing that they will win. But there are very
few men like the brave Beribcn.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
4 Peculiar People.

The proposed colonization of all the Dunk
ards of the United States in the "Panhan-
die" section of Texas is a big thing in its
way. The colonists will be principally
drawn from Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania
and Illinois, but some will probably be Sc
cured from North Carolina.
Originally the Dunkards were peculiar
society of Baptists in Germany. They came
to this country about fifty years before the
revolution, and have adhered steadfastly to
their faith and primitive methods. In many
respects they are like other Baptists. Their
mode of baptism, however, little differ
ont. The person to be baptized has to
kneel and be dipped head foremost. In the
celebration Of the Lord S supper feet-wash-
ing and the kiss of love are prominent fea-
lures The sick are anointed with oil.
General redemption is believed in, although
it is not an article of their faith. The Dunk
ards are remarkable for great plalnness of
dress and speech, They will not take an
oath, fight or so to law, and it is only in re
cent years that they have consented TO re-
cciye interest in their money transactions.
Perhaps the entire sect numbers something
like fifty or sixty thousand souls.
The honest simplicity Of these people is
worthy Of the highest admiration. During
our late war both governments respected
their conscientious scruples. The federals
exempted them from service and the con-
federates did likewise. A misprint in the
confederate statute on the subject made il
appear that "drunkards''S were exempted,
and there was great rejoicing among certain
red-nosed citizens, but their satisfaction was
short-liyed.
During the confederate invasion of Penn.
sylyania one Of our generals, who had i'm
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
Work for Our NAVY.

Our navy is not altogether an ornamental
lot of tubs. There are occasions when it is
useful.
just at present our war vessels in the Pa
ciiic are on duty at three points where
trouble is apprehended. In southern Mexi-
co there is little political upheayal, and
for the protection OF the American residents
in and around Acapulco three of orr men
of-war have been ordered to that point
The efforts OF the British to injure Amori-
can trade in the Sandwich Islands have
rendered it necessary to send a fleet to
Honolulu. Down about the Samoan
Islands there is trouble brewing over the
entertainments of Germany and the conse-
quent interference with our trade. One of
our war vessels has therefore been sent to
Africa for the protection of our interests.
The furry in naval circles caused by these
developments in the Pacific will lead to in
terestng speculations upon the efficiency of
our offensive and defensive equipment on
the water in the event of something serious.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
ATLANTA, GA, NOVEMBER /, 1881
worth Its Meicht in cold.

General Miles, OF Louisiana said at the agri-
cultural convention, 81 have paid debt OF
100000 and interest with twenty cotton crops
since the war" a man Of tho highest charac-
teri. How he did this how he runs his plan
tation, his labor his home, and all about his
old fashioned plantation, will be the subject Of
two letters written by one Of our staff who will
visit him. These letters win be Of tho greatest
interest, and will be alone worth years sub
scrirtion Subscribe at once and don't miss
them. They viii be part Of our series of
southern letters now running
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
OUR "CHRISTMAS BOX OF
PRESENTS.

On January LIST we win distribute S1,0D
among our subscribers. From September ST 10
January LIST We put the name Of every subscriber
received in box. On the latter date we shake
up the box thoroughly, A hole is cut in IT.
One Of our weekly agents, in the presence oil
three others-draws out a name. That name
gets $500, the box is then shaken again, ana
another name drawn. That name gets 500,
and so on through the list
Now YOU ought TO subscribe for the paper
without expecting to get one Of the presents
Pay for it, for itself, just as you have always
done. From reading the paper you get your
moneys worth, and more for your money
than any other paper gives you. BE satisfied
with THAT Then if you get the $500, or the
goo or even one of the So presents, take it
with our best wishes aud our Christmas greet
ings
OF course VIC do not pretend that every sub
scriber will get present Not ono in every
hundred will got one. But every subscriber
will have an equal chance. The box will
have the name Of every subscriber sent in boz
fore January lst and no other names Three
agents from different states win shake the box
and win draw ont a name while the others
hold it, You will have just exactly tho Same
chance every other subscriber has. Some por-
CONS will get every prize. 1t may just as well
be you as any one else.
We do claim this. We furnish you the big
gest and best paper thatis printed. We furnish
IL cheaper than any other paper. We give you
besides an equal chance with every other sub
scrbor in 81 ,OO0n gold distributed as presents.
No other paper does this. Sc, if you like our
paper as well as any other take it, for besides
the paper you have an interest in our "Christ-
mas box, - which no other paper gives you.
But If you do not like our paper as well as
some other paper, take that paper and drop
ours, for you may not get one OF our presents
and then you would be dissatisfied. Take the
paper solely for the papers sake,and if you get
a present, you will be just that much hap
pier.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
Thc situntion In YireInia.

After q long era Of ascendency in the 20
litical control Of Virginia, the final over
throw of boss Malone and his henchmcn is
at hand, but the shrewd little turncoat does
not give up without a desperate struggle
Mabone's term as senator expired with
the last congress, and Riddlcbergcr's success
sor will be chosen by the next Virginia leg
islaturo, which is to he elected next month,
in which contest the energy Of the republi-
cans are bent to the utmost, in hopes OF re-
turning Malone in the place of kiddleber-
ger, whose course, while generally with the
republicans, has been rather too indepen-
dent to suit their exacting demands. The
democrats will probably present John S.
Barbour as their candidate and in the event
Of his election Virginia's representation in
the senate, by Daniel and Barbour, will be in
striking contrast with that of Malone and
Riddleberger, which worthy pair of hybrids
will probably be forever relegated to the
sweets Of private life.
be elected, and only on the
choice of the legislature is the estimate
of the political stand of the state in the pres
idential election to be made. One year ago
in the congressional contests, the aggregate
republican majority of the state was twenty
thousand. This was the outcome princi-
pally of democratic lassitude, and of party
splits and apathy in the ranks of the Office
seekers, all of whom could not be cared for,
as they seemed to have expected, by the adj
ministration.
The reputable people of Virginia
abhor Malone, and when his interests are at
stake they are not loath to flock to the stan
dard of the opposition. In the approaching
election the issue is made squarely against
him, in the election of legislature, and the
result will be that Virginia will at last throw
off the shackles of republican misrepresen-
tation and again take her place squarely in
the democratic column.
The legislature consists of $40 members,
forty of which aIe senators. OF the latter
more than half of the last body hold over,
of which seventeen are democrats, so that
only four democrats out of the nineteen
senators TO be elected, are necessary to
give Il democratic majority in the upper
house. Thus to gain ascendency, { re-
publcans viii have to elect sixty-eight out
of the III members of both houses to be
elected, and the democrats will maintain
their hold by electing fiftv-fve